#A42AA6#A42AA6

#A42AA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.208 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA6
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 62.99, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 74.82, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.1748 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.208 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0204, 12.3033, 37.2313)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA6 #2CA62A

analogous

#662AA6 #A42AA6 #A62A6A

triadic

#A42AA6 #A6A42A #2AA6A4

tetradic

#A42AA6 #A6662A #2CA62A #2A6AA6

square

#A42AA6 #A6662A #2CA62A #2A6AA6

split-complementary

#A42AA6 #6AA62A #2AA666

monochromatic

#431144 #741E75 #A42AA6 #CC3FCE #D970DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A42AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A42AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA6

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA6	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0958A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A68A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.208 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c1',
    500: '#a42aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa6;
$custom-light: #c371c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.032,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52477,
    "c": 0.20764,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA6

secondary

#6BC26A

accent

#E34548

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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